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Karuuna
Board Administrator

08-31-2000

Monday, August 13, 2007 - 7:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
Sbondi - it would help to have specific pages at Jokers that you have found to be a problem. So far, we have not been able to validate this claim.

However, *everyone* should have virus protection and spyware protection on their computers, especially if you are running any kind of Windows platform.

Puzzled
Member

08-27-2001

Monday, August 13, 2007 - 8:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Puzzled a private message Print Post    
Well, that stinks, Sbondi. Sorry.

Sbondi
Member

09-16-2005

Monday, August 13, 2007 - 8:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sbondi a private message Print Post    
It was definitely jokersupdates - it happened on friday, on the updates page, I clicked on a thread to read the dialogue and my AVG automatically popped up and said there was a Trojan Horse. It healed it, but advertising software was installed. It happened three times - I was on no other websites, haven't returned there since, never had this problem before or after. I am glad no one else got it - only happened on a specific dialogue thread (no way can I possibly remember which one).

Zachsmom
Member

07-13-2000

Monday, August 13, 2007 - 8:16 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Zachsmom a private message Print Post    
hmm, i 'think' that jokers uses a linux/unix platform and i think it's difficult to infect a site that is running that platform. plus, jokers moderators would have clued in and probably shut the board down. sure you didn't go to any other websites that day? did you notify jokers? what was their response?

Anneph
Member

06-15-2006

Monday, August 13, 2007 - 8:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Anneph a private message Print Post    
I've been at jokers all weekend reading off and on - just the quick updates - and have not had any problems or warnings from them.

Amykat
Member

07-24-2005

Monday, August 13, 2007 - 8:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Amykat a private message Print Post    
Sbondi, and anyone else who needs it... use this link for Spybot. http://www.spybot.info/en/home/index.html It is the free one. I love it! There is no charge! Some of the others (I don't remember the names) that use the term "spybot" were actually stolen codes from this, the original spybot. Try this before you format. It helped me when some of my daughter's friends thought they'd be cute and put spy stuff on her computer.

Tresbien
Member

08-27-2002

Monday, August 13, 2007 - 9:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tresbien a private message Print Post    
Just wanted to say thanks to Sbondi for the warning. It's good to be cautious in situations like this. I use both Ad-Aware free and Windows Defender and haven't had a problem over the weekend.

Tillytown
Member

08-02-2005

Monday, August 13, 2007 - 9:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tillytown a private message Print Post    
Thanks! I had some trouble opening a link on Joker's too. I kept getting pop-ups and more pop-ups, so I just closed it out and got out of there.

Webchiq
Member

07-11-2005

Monday, August 13, 2007 - 10:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Webchiq a private message Print Post    
When you click on a link inside a thread on Jokers you are usually being redirected to another site. I've read Jokers for years and have never had a problem with the main site. You should always be cautious about clicking on a link within a thread, that was put there by another person posting to the thread.

Kalekona
Member

06-12-2005

Monday, August 13, 2007 - 10:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kalekona a private message Print Post    
Thanks for the heads up.

I have been on Jokers all weed-end as well and had no problems. I am using AVG as well.

Tvwatcher
Member

04-17-2004

Monday, August 13, 2007 - 12:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tvwatcher a private message Print Post    
like Kalekona, I've been on Joker's all weekend with no problems, and I, too, use AVG

Zachsmom
Member

07-13-2000

Monday, August 13, 2007 - 12:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Zachsmom a private message Print Post    
i don't use anything...lol...and no problems. i think it was something else otherwise the whole jokers community would be wiped out.

Puckerbutt
Member

07-21-2001

Monday, August 13, 2007 - 12:33 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Puckerbutt a private message Print Post    
Sbondi -

You haven't named the specific virus that you are trying to get rid of - is it the vundo trojan horse?

Sbondi
Member

09-16-2005

Monday, August 13, 2007 - 12:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sbondi a private message Print Post    
Hey Puckerbutt - I don't know, I just remember seeing a W in the name (or was that an M?)- my system "healed" it, thus removed it but am left with some kind of advertising spyware where same 10 or so pop ups appear...
As for all of you that used jokers and were ok - I am glad to hear that. Clearly I am not saying that the whole site is bad, just the thread I happened to choose to open. Still won't be returning there after all this.